Cat Franz
@catmfranz.bsky.social
"The show must go wrong. Everything always goes wrong, and you just have to deal with it."
books | theatre | art | video games
she/her
@see.cat.read
books | theatre | art | video games
she/her
@see.cat.read
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Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
@tobyjay.bsky.social it’s been so long, I’m never on Bluesky, and I’m not giving them my ID to verify that I’m an adult BUT I NEED TO KNOW your fave c4 baddies and I also need an Occtis keychain like a need air.
October 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
@tobyjay.bsky.social it’s been so long, I’m never on Bluesky, and I’m not giving them my ID to verify that I’m an adult BUT I NEED TO KNOW your fave c4 baddies and I also need an Occtis keychain like a need air.
“How did Millenials become uncool?”
The passage of time, which shapes all things. You will grow old. You have grown old. The oranges will bloom and ripen and rot.
The truly uncool thing is to suggest that you are forever. You are not even now.
The passage of time, which shapes all things. You will grow old. You have grown old. The oranges will bloom and ripen and rot.
The truly uncool thing is to suggest that you are forever. You are not even now.
May 9, 2025 at 9:12 AM
“How did Millenials become uncool?”
The passage of time, which shapes all things. You will grow old. You have grown old. The oranges will bloom and ripen and rot.
The truly uncool thing is to suggest that you are forever. You are not even now.
The passage of time, which shapes all things. You will grow old. You have grown old. The oranges will bloom and ripen and rot.
The truly uncool thing is to suggest that you are forever. You are not even now.
A 15 y.o. said she liked my tattoos so I’m gonna be riding that high for the rest of the week.
May 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
A 15 y.o. said she liked my tattoos so I’m gonna be riding that high for the rest of the week.
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Lesbian Visibility Week is here, and I have a collection of sapphic books to keep you going. There are many ways to be a lesbian and not one label fits all, so please keep that in mind. (1/2)
April 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Lesbian Visibility Week is here, and I have a collection of sapphic books to keep you going. There are many ways to be a lesbian and not one label fits all, so please keep that in mind. (1/2)
See this is why I never get on Bluesky, it’s all news and current events. I prefer to hear about the modern horrors like a struggling peasant; only the worst of them rise above the din of terror to finally be whispered in earshot of my tiny village.
April 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
See this is why I never get on Bluesky, it’s all news and current events. I prefer to hear about the modern horrors like a struggling peasant; only the worst of them rise above the din of terror to finally be whispered in earshot of my tiny village.
“Hey marketing, I wrote up this product paragraph myself and then ran it through chat GPT, just wanted to make sure you didn’t have any edits before I post.”
Sorry, I don’t work in marketing anymore, they’re actually sending me to federal prison for what I’m about to do.
Sorry, I don’t work in marketing anymore, they’re actually sending me to federal prison for what I’m about to do.
April 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
“Hey marketing, I wrote up this product paragraph myself and then ran it through chat GPT, just wanted to make sure you didn’t have any edits before I post.”
Sorry, I don’t work in marketing anymore, they’re actually sending me to federal prison for what I’m about to do.
Sorry, I don’t work in marketing anymore, they’re actually sending me to federal prison for what I’m about to do.
I cannot wait for Nolan’s Odyssey because I am Odysseus’ biggest hater. In 2,500 years no one has hated that man like I have. He’s a stupid, murderous, lecherous man like all the rest. And now that he’s rising back to the top of the cultural subconscious I can sing my song from every mountain top.
February 18, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I cannot wait for Nolan’s Odyssey because I am Odysseus’ biggest hater. In 2,500 years no one has hated that man like I have. He’s a stupid, murderous, lecherous man like all the rest. And now that he’s rising back to the top of the cultural subconscious I can sing my song from every mountain top.
“Does your pasta sauce have meat in it?”
“It’s a meat based sauce but we have a version where we strain the chunks out.”
“…thanks, I’ll have the salad.”
I always forget how spoiled a vegetarian I am until I leave the city limits and try to eat anywhere else in Ohio.
“It’s a meat based sauce but we have a version where we strain the chunks out.”
“…thanks, I’ll have the salad.”
I always forget how spoiled a vegetarian I am until I leave the city limits and try to eat anywhere else in Ohio.
February 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
“Does your pasta sauce have meat in it?”
“It’s a meat based sauce but we have a version where we strain the chunks out.”
“…thanks, I’ll have the salad.”
I always forget how spoiled a vegetarian I am until I leave the city limits and try to eat anywhere else in Ohio.
“It’s a meat based sauce but we have a version where we strain the chunks out.”
“…thanks, I’ll have the salad.”
I always forget how spoiled a vegetarian I am until I leave the city limits and try to eat anywhere else in Ohio.
Vera Bradley and low rise are back in? I’m about to get bullied. I can feel it.
February 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Vera Bradley and low rise are back in? I’m about to get bullied. I can feel it.
Hey so how is everyone else dealing with the looming threat of a rise of technofudalism? I don’t wanna move to the woods and bury my head in the sand.
January 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Hey so how is everyone else dealing with the looming threat of a rise of technofudalism? I don’t wanna move to the woods and bury my head in the sand.
I chuckle every time Starbucks gives me a fork with the egg bites. I take those little fuckers like jello shots come on now.
January 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I chuckle every time Starbucks gives me a fork with the egg bites. I take those little fuckers like jello shots come on now.
So I am not crazy, actually. And I don’t have a brain tumor, probably. What IS happening is something called the Mirena Crash which is a series of symptoms reported by women after having the Mirena IUD removed. And yes, I can join no less than a dozen class action lawsuits.
January 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
So I am not crazy, actually. And I don’t have a brain tumor, probably. What IS happening is something called the Mirena Crash which is a series of symptoms reported by women after having the Mirena IUD removed. And yes, I can join no less than a dozen class action lawsuits.
Look. I know that Count Orlok is the bad guy in Nosferatu. Even if we pretend he didnt drink two toddlers like capri suns, he has never cleaned under his nails and that mustache has GOT to go.
However…
However…
January 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Look. I know that Count Orlok is the bad guy in Nosferatu. Even if we pretend he didnt drink two toddlers like capri suns, he has never cleaned under his nails and that mustache has GOT to go.
However…
However…
My comprehensive review of Nosferatu:
1. Could have been hornier
2. Needed more homoeroticism
3. Why in the year of our lord 2025 are we still killing every named female character including toddlers?
But the book…
It’s a metaphor for…
It’s the third time it’s been adapted you can change it up.
1. Could have been hornier
2. Needed more homoeroticism
3. Why in the year of our lord 2025 are we still killing every named female character including toddlers?
But the book…
It’s a metaphor for…
It’s the third time it’s been adapted you can change it up.
January 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
My comprehensive review of Nosferatu:
1. Could have been hornier
2. Needed more homoeroticism
3. Why in the year of our lord 2025 are we still killing every named female character including toddlers?
But the book…
It’s a metaphor for…
It’s the third time it’s been adapted you can change it up.
1. Could have been hornier
2. Needed more homoeroticism
3. Why in the year of our lord 2025 are we still killing every named female character including toddlers?
But the book…
It’s a metaphor for…
It’s the third time it’s been adapted you can change it up.
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Word of the Day is ‘uhtcearu’ [ucht-kay-aru, with the 'ch' as in the Scottish ‘loch']:
Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.
Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.
January 10, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Word of the Day is ‘uhtcearu’ [ucht-kay-aru, with the 'ch' as in the Scottish ‘loch']:
Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.
Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.
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Reminder that Palestinians are real people with real hopes and dreams and struggles and that following them or learning about their lives is not consuming atrocity porn- it’s affirming your own humanity.
October 29, 2024 at 11:17 AM
Reminder that Palestinians are real people with real hopes and dreams and struggles and that following them or learning about their lives is not consuming atrocity porn- it’s affirming your own humanity.
The nurse practitioner who prescribes my psych meds said I’m her most interest patient, so I won today. I don’t know what I won, but I’m putting a star sticker SOMEWHERE.
January 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The nurse practitioner who prescribes my psych meds said I’m her most interest patient, so I won today. I don’t know what I won, but I’m putting a star sticker SOMEWHERE.
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This is the bravest thing they’ve ever published
December 17, 2024 at 5:03 PM
This is the bravest thing they’ve ever published
Come on, Joe. Forgive all student debt. Who is gonna stop you? Go mad with power.
December 12, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Come on, Joe. Forgive all student debt. Who is gonna stop you? Go mad with power.
“[T]his was the apotheosis of the risks they’re taking and…left me a blubbering mess. I’ve been a fan of Cat McAlpine’s work both as an actor and a director for years, but this sailed over those high expectations.
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Best of 2024 – Theater/Opera/Dance
An astonishing year for performance art in its broadest sense – every Columbus troupe was hitting, supplemented by killer work I was lucky enough to see in Chicago and New York. Also celebrat…
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December 9, 2024 at 12:35 AM
“[T]his was the apotheosis of the risks they’re taking and…left me a blubbering mess. I’ve been a fan of Cat McAlpine’s work both as an actor and a director for years, but this sailed over those high expectations.
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December 5, 2024 at 7:14 PM
How do I take the passion and dedication of writing pages and pages of RP for my DnD characters and point that laser at my book.
December 4, 2024 at 3:49 PM
How do I take the passion and dedication of writing pages and pages of RP for my DnD characters and point that laser at my book.
It’s Spotify wrapped day✨
December 4, 2024 at 3:49 PM
It’s Spotify wrapped day✨